In a significant boost to India’s airborne capabilities, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has ...

In a major boost to India’s airborne capabilities, the indigenously developed Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully completed ...

DRDO successfully tests indigenous Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) with a 32,000 ft free-fall jump, setting a new high for Indian Armed Forces. Enhances troop insertion capabilities ...

As a young man, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Connor Cozad grew up watching Band of Brothers, a 2001 HBO miniseries depicting the history of "Easy" Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry ...

The MCPS allows special operations forces to be deployed from extreme altitudes, even above mountainous terrain such as the ...

Tom Rice, a World War II paratrooper who jumped into Normandy on D-Day and in his later years marked anniversaries of that pivotal battle by jumping again, died Thursday at his home in Coronado. He ...

The Army is reducing the number of soldiers who will be paid parachutists. Since World War II, the number of soldiers the Army has trained to be able to jump into combat has more than doubled. But as ...

The U.S. Army Airborne Test Force (ATF) located at Yuma Test Center, Yuma Proving Ground, recently tested program of record Manpack radios, the AN/PRC-158 and AN/PRC-162, managed by the Product ...

Join me in Sainte-Mère-Église for a guided walk through the superb Airborne Museum on the 79th anniversary of D-Day. We step beneath an original C-47, check out fully kitted jump mannequins, and look ...

Tell me about your uniform and what branch of military you are in. I am in the Army. This uniform is called the ECU (Elite Combat Uniform), and probably the best thing about my uniform is that I have ...